Google and more

Google Tools:

Google Search

• Show Options
  • any time
  • timeline
  • wonder wheel
  
  
• Google News
  • create an email alert
  • custom > email or add custom search
  • or on main page - add a section
  • Fast Flip
  • Quotes

Is your source credible?

credibility - trustworthiness and expertise
Look at the following to determine crediblity

• URL
• type of page - is it someone's personal page
• type of domain - .edu, .org are more believable
• where (what country??)
• check the About section (is it affiliated with some institution)
• is there a date and author - google the author
• purpose of the page (to inform, opinion, who's point of view?)

Davis, Cheryl , Kathleen Ferenz, and Lucy Gray. "Understanding search engine." Web Search Lesson Plan: Believe it or Not?. Google, n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2010. <docs.google.com/View?id=dfvwdtqp_1c8x6bm





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